Mark Robins hailed two-goal substitute Jermaine Beckford after Huddersfield increased their chances of beating the drop with a victory over relegation rivals Wolves.

The visitors recovered from a nightmare start when Stephen Ward gave Wolves a fourth-minute lead. Sean Scannell drew Huddersfield level before Beckford scored twice in a minute to send Wolves into the bottom three.

Wolves hit the self-destruct button immediately after Beckford's second, with midfielder Jamie O'Hara being dismissed for pushing Keith Southern straight from the kick-off.

Huddersfield are now two points clear of the bottom three after collecting their fourth win in 13 league games and Robins hopes Beckford, on-loan from Leicester, can keep up his goalscoring form in the final four games.

The Huddersfield manager said: "You can't ask anymore from him and that from him is what you expect. You got a cameo there of why he played in the Premier League. He is Premier League quality and he has Premier League talent. What is frustrating for me at the moment is that I want to see that more often.

"I really want to see him performing like that. I think he owes that to himself, his family and the supporters who are paying money to watch him. He is an outstanding talent. We saw that against Wolves and hopefully we can get that out of him for the rest of the season."

Despite moving a massive step towards safety, Robins is taking nothing for granted. "It is a good day," he said, "but we have to keep our feet on the ground because we go again on Tuesday [against Blackburn] at Ewood Park.

"From my perspective it is a great performance. It give us two points breathing space but it also concertinas the division again and brings everyone closer together."

Defeat does little to help Wolves' hopes of staying up and their home meeting with Hull on Tuesday will not be easy, with Hull on the verge of promotion to the Premier League.

The Wolves manager, Dean Saunders, said: "It was a really disappointing result because it was such a big game. But what we have to do now is win on Tuesday and hope the results are reversed. We have to probably win three games out of the last four, which we are capable of doing and have done in the past."

Saunders hit out at Southern's reaction after being pushed by O'Hara, who will be banned for three games. "Jamie got sucked in. He got pushed in the back. Jamie has raised his hands but [Southern] shouldn't be proud of himself for the way that he has gone down. Jamie has not punched him, he just pushed him. But he has gone down as if someone has shot him. It was a bit of gamesmanship."